Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-04-14
Tunnel DrittIngs.
The present man.

The present man
ager says that the
AsS - time that Captain
80 Seare was tempo
fkg S$7SI rarily made mine
800 ~ e Ss3Sa3 captain for one
month five years
.xs ago last August
E&EV he was the first TO
suggest that it
would be good thing to drop down out OF
the slate and drive the headings into the ore,
i'm the place of moving such large quantities
of unstable stuff, which was undoubtedly
very expensive. The Captains judgment OF
ore and mining is far superior to the most
of the minirg experts of to-day. success
has attended the workings of every improve
ment made in the mine, so there is every al
vantage you could imagine, taken 10 make
his shipments a grand success. His ship
ment for 1886 was g, 900 tons of ore more than
any year previous-counting the months OF
March and April during the great strike on
the Gould system, when you know there
was very little done, consequently you could
only call it ten months.
William Henson, John Canter, Eddie Per-
~, Joe Bittles, Lem Huitt, Will Hall, and
John Hall are. the seven juvenile ihoodlums
that undertook to charivari Madam Stout's
bagnio in Arcadia on the night of the I'd Of
April. Ebey were all arrested last week,
brought before the Justice, and plead guilty
to the charges, whatever they were, and the
fine and costs came to S11.00 each We feel
very much ashamed of it, for we had a son
in this affair, and still we feel ashamed to
find that the owner of this house, in which
this vile den is kept, belongs to one Of the
right arms of the law of Iron county. How
ever, the parents of the children you might
say paid their fine.
The Dinger and Grandhomme granite
prospect near Des Arc is vast deposit of
that material, and will stand the test of
greater weight than any granite in the
Southeast-so say the experts. If this place
is to be opened, as we hear, it will boom
Des Arc and give work to young army Of
men.
Fishing is getting to be very popular
among the miners. Some bring very nice
strings of the finny tribe.
Good Friday was honored by good many
miners, but the shipping department worked
all day.
Mr.. Goodenough, under Capt. Searle's i'm
mediate supervision, is drilling some holes
in the main heading No.2 that are giving good
satisfaction-that is if the Captains counte-
nance don't belle him.
There is something und oubtedIy going to
happen: Bill Amelung, John Trauernicht
and his pusher cleaned up the machine-shop
on the hill for the first time since it was
built.
There was gentlemanly looking fellow in
the true blue military uniform on the hill
last Friday. On his cap was the letters L..
S. NJ. Some say it means L. S. Mail, but
Uncle Dan says it mean U. S. Moonshiner.
/ heard a cablegram read from WIG. Dilts
last Thursday. He is In London, England.
Arrived safe and well, and expects to remain
about two weeks.
Johnny Smith was on the hill last Thursday
with his little spy-glass.
E. a. Hitchcock, president of the Ore and
Steel Company, was here last Thursday and
made an inspection of the mines.
l wonder if this Inter- State Commerce
Bill will have anything to do with ore ship
ments from this place.
The North Chicago Rolling Mill people are
well satisfied with the ore from Pilot Knob.
The Scientific american, of April I'd, says
opened bids for $50 tons of steel gun forg-
ings and steel armor plates for the L. S.
navy, and it is a source of the greatest graft
fcation to find our American firms ready to
undertake this work. 1t gives an additional
proof of what always has been very potent:
that the inventive and engineering genius of
the country are able to cope with all of its
needs and emer gencies.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Siebert, a
boy, on the evening of April 9th. AS this is
Franks first, we all know just how he feels,
from experience.
l guess last Monday must have been blue
Monday. There wasn't men enough out to
ship pound of ore.
Mr.. Watson is making the finest pig iron
at Pilot Knob, and more of it than any fur
mace of its size in the country. Supt. Craine
is an old furnace man and has had good
deal of experience in iron: he says that Wat
son is one of the best furnace men he has
| ever had the good fortune to meet In this
no IF If he cOnntry